Drug – bio-affecting and body treating compositions – Antigen – epitope – or other immunospecific immunoeffector – Conjugate or complex
Reexamination Certificate
2000-02-17
2001-02-06
Witz, Jean C. (Department: 1651)
Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Antigen, epitope, or other immunospecific immunoeffector
Conjugate or complex
Reexamination Certificate
active
06183749
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
I. Field of the Invention
This invention pertains generally to dietary food supplements. More specifically, the invention concerns an herbal dietary food product which promotes healthy hair growth on one's scalp.
II. Description of the Prior Art
The use of herbal extracts for health benefits have been known for thousands of years in East Asian countries such as China, Korea, and Japan. The utilization of herbal extracts as dietary supplements for promoting various sorts of health benefits have been gaining wide acceptance in western countries.
Several patents have been issued in the United States which utilize herbal extracts for health benefits. One such patent is U.S. Pat. No. 5,869,059 issued to Garza which teaches an herbal composition beneficial for the treatment of hemorrhoid. Another patent is U.S. Pat. No. 5,770,207 issued to Bewicke which teaches a dietary supplement containing herbal extracts that serves as a general relaxant. None of the prior art teaches an herbal dietary supplement which promotes healthy hair growth on an individual's scalp.
Thus, it is a primary objective of the present invention to provide an orally ingestable composition which promotes healthy hair growth on the scalp of an individual's head.
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention provides a dietary supplement consisting of herbal extracts which promotes healthy hair growth on an individual's scalp. The dietary supplement comprises extracts from herbal plants which can be grouped into three categories according to their common functions.
The first category consists of herbal plants having properties which include providing nourishment to the hair. By their pharmaceutical names, they include POLYGONI MULTIFLORI, LIGUSTRI LUCIDI, LYCII CHINENSIS, and MORI ALBAE. POLYGONI MULTIFLORIA is prepared from a plant known by its botanical name as
Polygonum multiflorum
Thunb, and its known effect is in nourishing the liver and kidneys. LIGUSTRI LUCIDI is prepared from a plant known by its botanical name as
Ligustrum lucidum
Ait, and its known effect is in tonifying the liver and kidneys and in nourishing the blood. LYCII CHINENSIS is prepared from a plant known by its botanical name as Lycium chinense Mill, and its known effect is in nourishing the liver and kidneys. MORI ALBAE is prepared from a plant known by its botanical name as
Mori Alba
L, and its known effect is in nourishing the blood. Although not an herbal plant, MAMMALIA PLACENTA prepared from the placenta of mammals are known to have properties which provide nourishment to the hair. A popular mammalian placenta utilized is HOMINIS PLACENTA prepared from human placenta.
The second category consists of herbal plants having properties which include promoting improved blood circulation in the body. By their pharmaceutical names, they include SALVIAE MILTIORRHIZAE, PAEONIAE RUBRA, and VACCARIAE SEGETALIS. SALVIAE MILTIORRHIZAE is prepared from a plant known by its botanical name as
Salvia miltiorrhiza
Bge, and it is known to invigorate the blood and break up congealed blood. PAEONIAE RUBRA can be prepared from one of several plants known their botanical names as
Paeonia obovata
Maxim,
Paeonia lactiflora
Pall,
Paeonia Japonica
Miyabe et Takeda and
Paeonia veitchiii
Lynch, and it is known to invigorate the blood and dispel congealed blood. VACCARIAE SEGETALIS is prepared from a plant known by its botanical name as
Vaccariae segetalis
Garcke, and it is known to move blood and promote circulation of blood through its channels. VACCARIAE SEGETALIS is highly related to and utilized interchangeably with SEMEN MELANDRII, which is prepared from a plant known by its botanical name as
Melandryum firmum
ROHRB. SEMEN MELANDRII is known to move blood and promote circulation of blood through its channels.
The third category consists of herbal plants having properties which in terms of Eastern studies generally directs the direction of blood flow upward in the body. By their pharmaceutical names, they include PLATICODI GRANI)IFLORI, COICIS LACHRYMA-JOBI, CINNAMOMI CASSIAE, MOUTAN RADICIS, ALISMATIS PLANTAGO-AQUATICAE, and ARTEMESIAE CAPILLARIS. PLATICODI GRANDIFLORI is prepared from a plant known by its botanical name as
Platycodon grandiflorum
A.DC., and one of its known characteristics is to direct the effect of other herbs upwards, causing them to affect the upper region of the body. COICIS LACHRYMA-JOBI can be prepared from one of several plants known by their botanical names as
Coix lachryma
-
jobi
L. and
Coix lachryma
-
Jobi
(L.) Var. mayuen (ROMAISTARF), and one of its known effect is to promote urination and strengthen the spleen. CINNAMOMI CASSIAE is prepared from a plant known by its botanical name as
Cinnamomum cassia
Presl., and one of its known effect is to generally warm the kidneys, spleen, and stomach, causing energy and blood flow to moves upward. MOUTAN RADICIS is prepared from a plant known by its botanical name
Paeonia suffruticosa
Andr., and one of its known effect is to generally cool the blood. ALISMATIS PLANTAGO-AQUATICAE can be prepared from one of several plants known by their botanical names as
Alisma Plantago
-
aquatica
L Var. oriental Samuels and
Alisma canaliculatum
All.Br.et Bouche, and one of its known effect is to promote urination and increase energy flow in the kidneys. ARTEMESIAE CAPILLARIS can be prepared from one of several plants known by their botanical names as
Artemisia capillaris
Thunb.,
Artemisia scoparia
Waldst. Et Kitaib, and
Artemisia iwayomagi
Kitamura, and one of its known effect is to generally clear build up of heat in areas of the body such as the liver and gall bladder.
Each of the above listed herbal plants in pharmaceutical terms has a SEMEN (seed), CORTEX (stem cortex), RHIZOMA (rhizome or root), RADIX (root), and RAMULUS (branch) portion, and some have a FRUCTUS (fruit) portion. The different portions of each herbal plant are known to have different levels of efficacy on the body. The extract of each of the above identified herbs is prepared and decocted by traditional procedures known in the art which includes boiling, filtering, and forming concentrates. Each of the herbal plants and the mammalia placenta is commercially available in extracted form e.g., from Sheng Chang, a Taiwanese company.
The dietary supplement of the present invention comprises MAMMALIA PLACENTA prepared from the placenta of a mammal, FRUCTUS LIGUSTRI LUCIDI, SALVIAE MILTIORRHIZAE, PAEONIAE RUBRA, CINNAMOMI CASSIAE, MOUTAN RADICIS, and ALISMATIS PLANTAGO-AQUATICA. For increased benefit, the dietary supplement can further comprise POLYGONI MULTIFLORI, FRUCTUS LYCII CHINENSIS, FRUCTUS MORI ALBAE, VACCARIAE SEGETALIS, PLATICODI GRANDIFLORI, COICIS LACHRYMA-JOBI, and ARTEMESIAE CAPILLARIS. The composition of the present invention is for oral ingestion and can be prepared in the form of a tablet, capsule, powder, or syrup.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4569839 (1986-02-01), Grollier et al.
patent: 4767618 (1988-08-01), Grollier et al.
patent: 4933177 (1990-06-01), Grollier et al.
Kim & Lee
Noh Jerry H.
Patten Patricia
Witz Jean C.
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